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U92 News
3/10/2010
Seven candidates beat the 5 o’clock deadline yesterday to file nominating petitions for the Spring Primary race for the 12th Congressional District seat left vacant by the death of John Murtha.
Five Democrats and two Republicans will seek the nomination. Mark Critz, who won the endorsement of the State Democrat Party for the Special Election to fill the unexpired portion of Murtha’s current term, is one of the candidates, as are Indiana’s Barbara Hafer, Cambria County’s Ed Cernic, Jr., Ryan Bucchianeri of Monongahela, and Ed Mackell, Jr., who is originally from Johnstown but lives now in Texas.
The two Republicans who filed petitions yesterday were William Russell of Johnstown, who lost to Murtha in 2008, and Tim Burns of Washington County, who has the endorsement of Diana Irey, the loser to Murtha in 2006.
The Republicans will choose their candidate for the Special Election tomorrow.
The Pennsylvania Department of State had not finished the process of certifying petitions last night, so more names could be announced today, although that is not likely. Candidates will also have the opportunity to file challenges to their opponents’ petitions.
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